Chagas disease prevention through improved housing using an ecosystem approach to health

This Chagas disease prevention project via housing improvement aims to determine the efficiencyof different interventions in vector control. The following study describes the target communities, disease magnitude, and housing improvements. Transmission levels are analysed from an ecological and socioeconomic perspective. Special interest was focused on the peridomicile as the origin of domiciliary reinfestation. In the original project, three intervention programs were proposed, one for each of the three communities: (a) an insecticide spraying program; (b) a housing improvement program; and (c) a combined program of spraying and housing improvement. The three communities currently have different risks of exposure to triatominae reinfestation as a consequence of the type of intervention carried out. A new multidisciplinary approach which integrates participatory, community-based research and socioeconomic dimensions will allow to determine the efficiency of models for territorial ordering, community education, and environmental interventions in Chagas disease control.

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On ???A Decline in Earning Losses Associated With a Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Project???

Medical Care ◽

10.1097/00005650-198207000-00001 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 20 (7) ◽

pp. 661-662

Author(s):

David Banta

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Disease Prevention ◽

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽

Community Based ◽

Prevention Project

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Innovative community-based ecosystem management for dengue and Chagas disease prevention in low and middle income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ◽

10.1093/trstmh/tru201 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 109 (2) ◽

pp. 89-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. Finkelman

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Disease Prevention ◽

Chagas Disease ◽

Ecosystem Management ◽

Community Based ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Low And Middle Income

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Evaluation of the Heart to Heart Project: Lessons from a Community-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Project

American Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.4278/0890-1171-9.6.443 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 443-455 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

Robert M. Goodman ◽

Fran C. Wheeler ◽

Peter R. Lee

Keyword(s):

South Carolina ◽

Chronic Disease ◽

Disease Prevention ◽

Health Department ◽

Interview Data ◽

Chronic Disease Prevention ◽

Analysis Of Covariance ◽

Local Health ◽

Community Based ◽

Prevention Project

Purpose. To present an evaluation of a 5-year, community-based, chronic disease prevention project managed by a state health department to determine whether the department could replicate similar previous projects that had received more funding and other resources. Design. The evaluation used a matched comparison design and a review of archive and interview data. Setting. Florence, South Carolina (population: 56,240). Subjects. A random sample of 1642 persons in Florence (and 1551 in the comparison) who responded to a risk factor questionnaire and underwent a physical assessment; 70. 7% of baseline subjects participated in the postintervention. Forty key persons were interviewed concerning project effectiveness. Interventions by Project. Walk-a-thons, a speakers' bureau, media messages, restaurant food labeling, and cooking seminars. More than 31,000 participants were involved in 585 activities. Measures. Questionnaires focused on hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol, smoking, and exercise. Physical assessments determined lipid, lipoprotein, apolipoprotein, and blood pressure levels. Analysis of covariance was used for baseline and postintervention comparisons. Content analysis was used on archive and interview data. Results. The project had a slightly favorable intervention effect on cholesterol and smoking, but failed to have an effect on other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The project influenced community awareness, enlisted influential community members, and fostered linkages among local health services. Conclusions. Health departments can be instrumental in community risk reduction programming; however, they may not replicate projects having greater resources.

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